E-cigarettes induce toxicological effects that can raise the cancer risk

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Canistro, Donatella ^a   Vivarelli, Fabio ^a   Cirillo, Silvia ^a   Marquillas, Clara Babot ^a   Buschini, Annamaria ^b   Lazzaretti, Mirca ^b   Marchi, Laura ^b   Cardenia, Vladimiro ^a   Rodriguez Estrada, Maria Teresa ^a   Lodovici, Maura ^c   Cipriani, Caterina ^c   Lorenzini, Antonello ^a   Croco, Eleonora ^a   Marchionni, Silvia ^a   Franchi, Paola ^a   Lucarini, Marco ^a   Longo, Vincenzo ^d   Croce, Clara Maria Della ^d   Vornoli, Andrea ^d   Colacci, Annamaria ^e   Vaccari, Monica ^e   Sapone, Andrea ^a   Paolini, Moreno ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Environmental Protection and Health Prevention Agency Emilia Romagna Region (ER EPA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; LUNG; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LUNG; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85019559612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02317-8     Document Type: Article

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